GENERAL WARNING Beware of casinos requesting large deposits to unlock or release player winnings

[maxd]

One of the great things about working in the player complaints area is that we get to see fairly early on what new scams and trickery players are being subjected to. And so it is we have a new scam to bring to our reader’s attention:

If a casino tells you you’ve won a shedload of money — millions in many cases — and asks you to make a deposit to “release” or “unlock” your winnings, or “verify” your identity, are you being scammed?

We’re seeing a lot of this lately and the answer is simple: if the requested amount is anything more than £$€10-20 then the answer is likely “yes, you are being scammed”, and the casino is simply trying to get good money from you by promising winnings that don’t exist: don’t do it!

Why might a legitimate casino ask you to do this? Asking you to make a SMALL deposit on demand allows the casino to look at the money trail and verify that you are who you say you are and your money is coming to them through recognised channels. In other words it’s a KYC thing and there is no reason to be alarmed. But the key word here is “small”, £$€10-20 being the norm. And this should only be necessary once, or at least once in a long while.

Why might a fake, crooked or outright rogue casino ask you to do this? The casino is either asking you to bankroll your own winnings — you pay for your own withdrawal — or they are simply trying to steal money from you before they deny you access to your account and/or the winnings you supposedly accumulated. In the course of our PAB (Player Arbitration) work we have seen both scenarios but as of late 2024 and early 2025 it has been more the latter, outright fakery in order to steal player deposits.

See here for a forum discussion on this topic: How abnormal is “make deposit” in order to withdraw winnings? - Casinomeister Forum

WARNING: if a casino is asking you to make a deposit over £$€10-20 in order to “release” your winnings you should stop immediately and research this casino, they may very well be trying to steal from you. Large “verification” deposits are not required by legitimate casinos: asking you to make LARGER deposits — £$€50-100 or more — is extremely suspicious and you are in danger of being scammed by a rogue casino.

If this is happening, or has happened, to you please post here to name the casino: this will alert other players and help bring this rogue casino activity to a halt.

Regards,

Max Drayman
Complaints & Player Arbitration (PAB) Team Leader

 

[Bleiddwn]

Hi,
I'm new player on "gg-crazy.com" and they have some licenses and be secure.

they ask 150$ deposit with crypto for withdraw our balance.

After check their informations, i discover this forum with another name of website for the same License.

I think it's a big fake.

 

[SYPlayer95]

Hi,
I'm new player on "gg-crazy.com" and they have some licenses and be secure.

they ask 150$ deposit with crypto for withdraw our balance.

After check their informations, i discover this forum with another name of website for the same License.

I think it's a big fake.

Run for the hills.

 

[mulven]

Hi,
I'm new player on "gg-crazy.com" and they have some licenses and be secure.

they ask 150$ deposit with crypto for withdraw our balance.

After check their informations, i discover this forum with another name of website for the same License.

I think it's a big fake.

Fraud Alert Thread 'BEWARE: Hundreds of identical fake scam casinos, AVOID!'

Dec 18, 2024

After posts were made about Betstakez, GoldenMirage and now Cryptostakez. I thought I would look into it a bit and its worse than I first thought.

There are probably more than 200 identical scam new online casino websites luring players in to steal their deposits.

I believe the scam goes like this:

1. Give player large No-Deposit Bonus.
2. Player plays fake versions of slots that are guaranteed to win huge
3. Players have to deposit money to "verify" and withdraw their winnings
4. Players deposit money and then are never able to withdraw.

This scam is...

• mulven
• casino warnings fake slots scam casinos
• Replies: 122
• Forum: Online Casinos

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• 
• 

It's one of these.

Good thing is these posts usually rank on Google index whilst the actual sites themselves don't.

Bad thing is people find these on social media not Google which im guessing was where you found em

 

[SYPlayer95]

GENERAL WARNING Thread 'Beware of casinos requesting large deposits to unlock or release player winnings'

Jan 8, 2025

One of the great things about working in the player complaints area is that we get to see fairly early on what new scams and trickery players are being subjected to. And so it is we have a new scam to bring to our reader’s attention:

If a casino tells you you’ve won a shedload of money — millions in many cases — and asks you to make a deposit to “release” or “unlock” your winnings, or “verify” your identity, are you being scammed?

We’re seeing a lot of this lately and the answer is simple: if the requested amount is anything more than £$€10-20 then the answer is likely “yes, you are...

• maxd
• casino skullduggery
• Replies: 104
• Forum: Casinomeister Warnings

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It's one of these.

Good thing is these posts usually rank on Google index whilst the actual sites themselves don't.

Bad thing is people find these on social media not Google which im guessing was where you found em

I get them on YouTube shorts, regularly.

 

[mulven]

I get them on YouTube shorts, regularly.

I accidentally linked the wrong "beware", although technically they are both about the same thing.

 

[dhamil]

One of the great things about working in the player complaints area is that we get to see fairly early on what new scams and trickery players are being subjected to. And so it is we have a new scam to bring to our reader’s attention:

If a casino tells you you’ve won a shedload of money — millions in many cases — and asks you to make a deposit to “release” or “unlock” your winnings, or “verify” your identity, are you being scammed?

We’re seeing a lot of this lately and the answer is simple: if the requested amount is anything more than £$€10-20 then the answer is likely “yes, you are being scammed”, and the casino is simply trying to get good money from you by promising winnings that don’t exist: don’t do it!

Why might a legitimate casino ask you to do this? Asking you to make a SMALL deposit on demand allows the casino to look at the money trail and verify that you are who you say you are and your money is coming to them through recognised channels. In other words it’s a KYC thing and there is no reason to be alarmed. But the key word here is “small”, £$€10-20 being the norm. And this should only be necessary once, or at least once in a long while.

Why might a fake, crooked or outright rogue casino ask you to do this? The casino is either asking you to bankroll your own winnings — you pay for your own withdrawal — or they are simply trying to steal money from you before they deny you access to your account and/or the winnings you supposedly accumulated. In the course of our PAB (Player Arbitration) work we have seen both scenarios but as of late 2024 and early 2025 it has been more the latter, outright fakery in order to steal player deposits.

See here for a forum discussion on this topic: How abnormal is “make deposit” in order to withdraw winnings? - Casinomeister Forum

WARNING: if a casino is asking you to make a deposit over £$€10-20 in order to “release” your winnings you should stop immediately and research this casino, they may very well be trying to steal from you. Large “verification” deposits are not required by legitimate casinos: asking you to make LARGER deposits — £$€50-100 or more — is extremely suspicious and you are in danger of being scammed by a rogue casino.

If this is happening, or has happened, to you please post here to name the casino: this will alert other players and help bring this rogue casino activity to a halt.

Regards,

Max Drayman
Complaints & Player Arbitration (PAB) Team Leader

I have this exact thing happening to me from vavada casino. First deposit 50 then they said another 150 to withdraw my $48000 in winnings. I am not doing the second deposit

 

[dunover]

I have this exact thing happening to me from vavada casino. First deposit 50 then they said another 150 to withdraw my $48000 in winnings. I am not doing the second deposit

It's a scam. You shouldn't have even paid the first $50, which if you had been fortunate enough to see this thread in time you clearly wouldn't have done. Take a look at this thread for a better description of this fraud:

Fraud Alert Thread 'BEWARE: Hundreds of identical fake scam casinos, AVOID!'

Dec 18, 2024

After posts were made about Betstakez, GoldenMirage and now Cryptostakez. I thought I would look into it a bit and its worse than I first thought.

There are probably more than 200 identical scam new online casino websites luring players in to steal their deposits.

I believe the scam goes like this:

1. Give player large No-Deposit Bonus.
2. Player plays fake versions of slots that are guaranteed to win huge
3. Players have to deposit money to "verify" and withdraw their winnings
4. Players deposit money and then are never able to withdraw.

This scam is...

• mulven
• casino warnings fake slots scam casinos
• Replies: 122
• Forum: Online Casinos

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• 
• 

 

[mulven]

I have this exact thing happening to me from vavada casino. First deposit 50 then they said another 150 to withdraw my $48000 in winnings. I am not doing the second deposit

What was the url of the website, could you check your history?

Vavada is a slightly large casino and appears to recently have had many imposter sites running this kinda scam. Atleast based off a few complaints on other sites. One such complaint had someone win $200,000 of a $50 free voucher. Sound familiar.

It's probably not worth its own post but it would be good to confirm if this was another website impersonating an existing casino and could be a sign of a wave of sites pretending to be sites that already have a reputation to their name (Although in the case of vavada, pretty neutral/not positive)

 

[KingIso26]

One of the great things about working in the player complaints area is that we get to see fairly early on what new scams and trickery players are being subjected to. And so it is we have a new scam to bring to our reader’s attention:

If a casino tells you you’ve won a shedload of money — millions in many cases — and asks you to make a deposit to “release” or “unlock” your winnings, or “verify” your identity, are you being scammed?

We’re seeing a lot of this lately and the answer is simple: if the requested amount is anything more than £$€10-20 then the answer is likely “yes, you are being scammed”, and the casino is simply trying to get good money from you by promising winnings that don’t exist: don’t do it!

Why might a legitimate casino ask you to do this? Asking you to make a SMALL deposit on demand allows the casino to look at the money trail and verify that you are who you say you are and your money is coming to them through recognised channels. In other words it’s a KYC thing and there is no reason to be alarmed. But the key word here is “small”, £$€10-20 being the norm. And this should only be necessary once, or at least once in a long while.

Why might a fake, crooked or outright rogue casino ask you to do this? The casino is either asking you to bankroll your own winnings — you pay for your own withdrawal — or they are simply trying to steal money from you before they deny you access to your account and/or the winnings you supposedly accumulated. In the course of our PAB (Player Arbitration) work we have seen both scenarios but as of late 2024 and early 2025 it has been more the latter, outright fakery in order to steal player deposits.

See here for a forum discussion on this topic: How abnormal is “make deposit” in order to withdraw winnings? - Casinomeister Forum

WARNING: if a casino is asking you to make a deposit over £$€10-20 in order to “release” your winnings you should stop immediately and research this casino, they may very well be trying to steal from you. Large “verification” deposits are not required by legitimate casinos: asking you to make LARGER deposits — £$€50-100 or more — is extremely suspicious and you are in danger of being scammed by a rogue casino.

If this is happening, or has happened, to you please post here to name the casino: this will alert other players and help bring this rogue casino activity to a halt.

Regards,

Max Drayman
Complaints & Player Arbitration (PAB) Team Leader

Myjackpotjoy com is telling me i need to deposit 300$ to verify my wallet when i already sent 150$ to verify my account can anyone help me with this

 

[dunover]

Myjackpotjoy com is telling me i need to deposit 300$ to verify my wallet when i already sent 150$ to verify my account can anyone help me with this

STOP NOW! You are being scammed, you never won anything other than demo credits, you will get paid nothing and your money paid thus far is burnt.

 

[slaman29]

Back in old days I would be asked to make a deposit from a credit card, but it would be very small. I guess now it's 10-20 so you also can request the withdrawal.

Might be slightly larger amounts for crypto though, as many people use exchange wallets where minimum withdrawals can be 20-50 but that was my experience several years ago.

But I would say the reasons are always upfront. For verification or wallet identification. If it's for an "unlock" or to "Release", well, that's not right.

Myjackpotjoy com is telling me i need to deposit 300$ to verify my wallet when i already sent 150$ to verify my account can anyone help me with this

Stop! Request account closure and refund.

 

[KingIso26]

I have screenshots of everything also if you would like me to show you

 

[SYPlayer95]

I have screenshots of everything also if you would like me to show you

Wouldn't want to waste anymore of your time.
Unfortunately, you will not receive any form of payout for the website you have mentioned.

 

[Webzcas]

I have screenshots of everything also if you would like me to show you

Ah, just seen you post in here now. Very unlikely the PAB service will therefore be able to help you. Do not deposit anymore monies to this casino.

 

[KingIso26]

Ah, just seen you post in here now. Very unlikely the PAB service will therefore be able to help you. Do not deposit anymore monies to this casino.

I have requested them to refund my 300$ i have deposited so im not expecting to get my money back but i will let you know what they say.

 

[KingIso26]

I have requested them to refund my 300$ i have deposited so im not expecting to get my money back but i will let you know what they say.

Thank you for the help at least

 

[Shasha]

One of the great things about working in the player complaints area is that we get to see fairly early on what new scams and trickery players are being subjected to. And so it is we have a new scam to bring to our reader’s attention:

If a casino tells you you’ve won a shedload of money — millions in many cases — and asks you to make a deposit to “release” or “unlock” your winnings, or “verify” your identity, are you being scammed?

We’re seeing a lot of this lately and the answer is simple: if the requested amount is anything more than £$€10-20 then the answer is likely “yes, you are being scammed”, and the casino is simply trying to get good money from you by promising winnings that don’t exist: don’t do it!

Why might a legitimate casino ask you to do this? Asking you to make a SMALL deposit on demand allows the casino to look at the money trail and verify that you are who you say you are and your money is coming to them through recognised channels. In other words it’s a KYC thing and there is no reason to be alarmed. But the key word here is “small”, £$€10-20 being the norm. And this should only be necessary once, or at least once in a long while.

Why might a fake, crooked or outright rogue casino ask you to do this? The casino is either asking you to bankroll your own winnings — you pay for your own withdrawal — or they are simply trying to steal money from you before they deny you access to your account and/or the winnings you supposedly accumulated. In the course of our PAB (Player Arbitration) work we have seen both scenarios but as of late 2024 and early 2025 it has been more the latter, outright fakery in order to steal player deposits.

See here for a forum discussion on this topic: How abnormal is “make deposit” in order to withdraw winnings? - Casinomeister Forum

WARNING: if a casino is asking you to make a deposit over £$€10-20 in order to “release” your winnings you should stop immediately and research this casino, they may very well be trying to steal from you. Large “verification” deposits are not required by legitimate casinos: asking you to make LARGER deposits — £$€50-100 or more — is extremely suspicious and you are in danger of being scammed by a rogue casino.

If this is happening, or has happened, to you please post here to name the casino: this will alert other players and help bring this rogue casino activity to a halt.

Regards,

Max Drayman
Complaints & Player Arbitration (PAB) Team Leader

i also received a $250 after regestering at vegas-casino . win and am sked to deposit $100 to be verified so that i can withdrawal

 

[mulven]

i also received a $250 after regestering at vegas-casino . win and am sked to deposit $100 to be verified so that i can withdrawal

Yep, same scam. Just ignore them

 

[blablabla]

One of the great things about working in the player complaints area is that we get to see fairly early on what new scams and trickery players are being subjected to. And so it is we have a new scam to bring to our reader’s attention:

If a casino tells you you’ve won a shedload of money — millions in many cases — and asks you to make a deposit to “release” or “unlock” your winnings, or “verify” your identity, are you being scammed?

We’re seeing a lot of this lately and the answer is simple: if the requested amount is anything more than £$€10-20 then the answer is likely “yes, you are being scammed”, and the casino is simply trying to get good money from you by promising winnings that don’t exist: don’t do it!

Why might a legitimate casino ask you to do this? Asking you to make a SMALL deposit on demand allows the casino to look at the money trail and verify that you are who you say you are and your money is coming to them through recognised channels. In other words it’s a KYC thing and there is no reason to be alarmed. But the key word here is “small”, £$€10-20 being the norm. And this should only be necessary once, or at least once in a long while.

Why might a fake, crooked or outright rogue casino ask you to do this? The casino is either asking you to bankroll your own winnings — you pay for your own withdrawal — or they are simply trying to steal money from you before they deny you access to your account and/or the winnings you supposedly accumulated. In the course of our PAB (Player Arbitration) work we have seen both scenarios but as of late 2024 and early 2025 it has been more the latter, outright fakery in order to steal player deposits.

See here for a forum discussion on this topic: How abnormal is “make deposit” in order to withdraw winnings? - Casinomeister Forum

WARNING: if a casino is asking you to make a deposit over £$€10-20 in order to “release” your winnings you should stop immediately and research this casino, they may very well be trying to steal from you. Large “verification” deposits are not required by legitimate casinos: asking you to make LARGER deposits — £$€50-100 or more — is extremely suspicious and you are in danger of being scammed by a rogue casino.

If this is happening, or has happened, to you please post here to name the casino: this will alert other players and help bring this rogue casino activity to a halt.

Regards,

Max Drayman
Complaints & Player Arbitration (PAB) Team Leader

So , slotsaddle.com is a scam?

 

[jaytechnos]

So , slotsaddle.com is a scam?

Yepp, it's run by the same outfit.

 

[Nlxhaze]

Yepp, it's run by the same outfit.

Slotsaddle.com asking for $200 deposit to withdraw winnings from free bonus

 

[dunover]

Slotsaddle.com asking for $200 deposit to withdraw winnings from free bonus

Yep, a scam so run away fast...

 

[Nlxhaze]

 

[Nlxhaze]

Are they really sponsored by ufc , etc

 

[dunover]

'Decentralized' aka "We don't have a physical office and jurisdictional license so can pretty much do what we like."

 

[mulven]

Are they really sponsored by ufc , etc

no.

they arent in partnership with mrbeast either

 

[Nlxhaze]

Is there a way to shut them down

 

[mulven]

Is there a way to shut them down

no, theres probably a thousand of these sites. They buy urls and deploy them en masse with a copy/paste of the same website. only money goes through crypto addresses.

 

[storchc96]

One of the great things about working in the player complaints area is that we get to see fairly early on what new scams and trickery players are being subjected to. And so it is we have a new scam to bring to our reader’s attention:

If a casino tells you you’ve won a shedload of money — millions in many cases — and asks you to make a deposit to “release” or “unlock” your winnings, or “verify” your identity, are you being scammed?

We’re seeing a lot of this lately and the answer is simple: if the requested amount is anything more than £$€10-20 then the answer is likely “yes, you are being scammed”, and the casino is simply trying to get good money from you by promising winnings that don’t exist: don’t do it!

Why might a legitimate casino ask you to do this? Asking you to make a SMALL deposit on demand allows the casino to look at the money trail and verify that you are who you say you are and your money is coming to them through recognised channels. In other words it’s a KYC thing and there is no reason to be alarmed. But the key word here is “small”, £$€10-20 being the norm. And this should only be necessary once, or at least once in a long while.

Why might a fake, crooked or outright rogue casino ask you to do this? The casino is either asking you to bankroll your own winnings — you pay for your own withdrawal — or they are simply trying to steal money from you before they deny you access to your account and/or the winnings you supposedly accumulated. In the course of our PAB (Player Arbitration) work we have seen both scenarios but as of late 2024 and early 2025 it has been more the latter, outright fakery in order to steal player deposits.

See here for a forum discussion on this topic: How abnormal is “make deposit” in order to withdraw winnings? - Casinomeister Forum

WARNING: if a casino is asking you to make a deposit over £$€10-20 in order to “release” your winnings you should stop immediately and research this casino, they may very well be trying to steal from you. Large “verification” deposits are not required by legitimate casinos: asking you to make LARGER deposits — £$€50-100 or more — is extremely suspicious and you are in danger of being scammed by a rogue casino.

If this is happening, or has happened, to you please post here to name the casino: this will alert other players and help bring this rogue casino activity to a halt.

Regards,

Max Drayman
Complaints & Player Arbitration (PAB) Team Leader

betcas.us which says is operated by145353 medium rare limited offers $ 1000 to sign up with and requires you to play through that $1000 dollars first and any winnings there after are able to be withdrawn but only after a $200 kyc deposit verification process....I signed up got the 1000 and played through and while playing 20 dollar betts I hit for 19,000 and then from there proceeded to play plinko at 2560.00 a ball and was able to work my winnings up to 130,000.00??????????????????any advice os greatly appreciated

 

[maxd]

Hello. Betcas.us looks like a completely fake and bogus site: a legitimate site does not hide everything behind a registration wall. I wouldn’t advise giving them a nickel as your chances of ever getting anything from them are very poor indeed.

- Max

 

[dunover]

betcas.us which says is operated by145353 medium rare limited offers $ 1000 to sign up with and requires you to play through that $1000 dollars first and any winnings there after are able to be withdrawn but only after a $200 kyc deposit verification process....I signed up got the 1000 and played through and while playing 20 dollar betts I hit for 19,000 and then from there proceeded to play plinko at 2560.00 a ball and was able to work my winnings up to 130,000.00??????????????????any advice os greatly appreciated

It's a scam, as said - don't give them a sorry dime.

 

[Bigbucs]

One of the great things about working in the player complaints area is that we get to see fairly early on what new scams and trickery players are being subjected to. And so it is we have a new scam to bring to our reader’s attention:

If a casino tells you you’ve won a shedload of money — millions in many cases — and asks you to make a deposit to “release” or “unlock” your winnings, or “verify” your identity, are you being scammed?

We’re seeing a lot of this lately and the answer is simple: if the requested amount is anything more than £$€10-20 then the answer is likely “yes, you are being scammed”, and the casino is simply trying to get good money from you by promising winnings that don’t exist: don’t do it!

Why might a legitimate casino ask you to do this? Asking you to make a SMALL deposit on demand allows the casino to look at the money trail and verify that you are who you say you are and your money is coming to them through recognised channels. In other words it’s a KYC thing and there is no reason to be alarmed. But the key word here is “small”, £$€10-20 being the norm. And this should only be necessary once, or at least once in a long while.

Why might a fake, crooked or outright rogue casino ask you to do this? The casino is either asking you to bankroll your own winnings — you pay for your own withdrawal — or they are simply trying to steal money from you before they deny you access to your account and/or the winnings you supposedly accumulated. In the course of our PAB (Player Arbitration) work we have seen both scenarios but as of late 2024 and early 2025 it has been more the latter, outright fakery in order to steal player deposits.

See here for a forum discussion on this topic: How abnormal is “make deposit” in order to withdraw winnings? - Casinomeister Forum

WARNING: if a casino is asking you to make a deposit over £$€10-20 in order to “release” your winnings you should stop immediately and research this casino, they may very well be trying to steal from you. Large “verification” deposits are not required by legitimate casinos: asking you to make LARGER deposits — £$€50-100 or more — is extremely suspicious and you are in danger of being scammed by a rogue casino.

If this is happening, or has happened, to you please post here to name the casino: this will alert other players and help bring this rogue casino activity to a halt.

Regards,

Max Drayman
Complaints & Player Arbitration (PAB) Team Leader

The is a casino calling itself PlayOJO.app they require $90 or more for KYC verify...please assist to see if it's a scam or legit?

 

[mulven]

The is a casino calling itself PlayOJO.app they require $90 or more for KYC verify...please assist to see if it's a scam or legit?

same logo as all the other copy and paste scams. The real playojo has completely different branding.

Is that the first time they've done a name of a huge brand without alterations, aside from the top level domain, I wonder?

 

[dunover]

A total scam. DO NOT PAY A PENNY!

These fraudulent scam sites are habitually imitating the trade names of legitimate ones to gain credibility. PlayOJO are a legitimate casino, they have a rep on here. The site you've played at has piggy-backed their good name.

They also use the name of Stake's holding company and again are nothing to do with them.

@EGO

A scam, run a mile - now.

 

[Bigbucs]

A total scam. DO NOT PAY A PENNY!

These fraudulent scam sites are habitually imitating the trade names of legitimate ones to gain credibility. PlayOJO are a legitimate casino, they have a rep on here. The site you've played at has piggy-backed their good name.

They also use the name of Stake's holding company and again are nothing to do with them.

@EGO

A scam, run a mile - now.

Thank you guys almost lost a lot

 

[hotrails]

One of the great things about working in the player complaints area is that we get to see fairly early on what new scams and trickery players are being subjected to. And so it is we have a new scam to bring to our reader’s attention:

If a casino tells you you’ve won a shedload of money — millions in many cases — and asks you to make a deposit to “release” or “unlock” your winnings, or “verify” your identity, are you being scammed?

We’re seeing a lot of this lately and the answer is simple: if the requested amount is anything more than £$€10-20 then the answer is likely “yes, you are being scammed”, and the casino is simply trying to get good money from you by promising winnings that don’t exist: don’t do it!

Why might a legitimate casino ask you to do this? Asking you to make a SMALL deposit on demand allows the casino to look at the money trail and verify that you are who you say you are and your money is coming to them through recognised channels. In other words it’s a KYC thing and there is no reason to be alarmed. But the key word here is “small”, £$€10-20 being the norm. And this should only be necessary once, or at least once in a long while.

Why might a fake, crooked or outright rogue casino ask you to do this? The casino is either asking you to bankroll your own winnings — you pay for your own withdrawal — or they are simply trying to steal money from you before they deny you access to your account and/or the winnings you supposedly accumulated. In the course of our PAB (Player Arbitration) work we have seen both scenarios but as of late 2024 and early 2025 it has been more the latter, outright fakery in order to steal player deposits.

See here for a forum discussion on this topic: How abnormal is “make deposit” in order to withdraw winnings? - Casinomeister Forum

WARNING: if a casino is asking you to make a deposit over £$€10-20 in order to “release” your winnings you should stop immediately and research this casino, they may very well be trying to steal from you. Large “verification” deposits are not required by legitimate casinos: asking you to make LARGER deposits — £$€50-100 or more — is extremely suspicious and you are in danger of being scammed by a rogue casino.

If this is happening, or has happened, to you please post here to name the casino: this will alert other players and help bring this rogue casino activity to a halt.

Regards,

Max Drayman
Complaints & Player Arbitration (PAB) Team Leader

Can anyone tell me if myjackpotjoy.com is legit or not?

 

[dunover]

Can anyone tell me if myjackpotjoy.com is legit or not?

Bent as a 9-dollar note my friend. They've piggy-backed the legit UK casino Jackpot Joy's name.

 

[Anti-scam]

L'un des avantages de travailler dans le domaine des réclamations des joueurs est que nous pouvons identifier très tôt les nouvelles arnaques et tromperies dont les joueurs sont victimes. C'est pourquoi nous avons une nouvelle arnaque à signaler à nos lecteurs :

Si un casino vous dit que vous avez gagné une somme d'argent considérable - des millions dans de nombreux cas - et vous demande d'effectuer un dépôt pour « libérer » ou « débloquer » vos gains, ou « vérifier » votre identité, êtes-vous victime d'une arnaque ?

Nous voyons beaucoup de cela ces derniers temps et la réponse est simple : si le montant demandé est supérieur à 10-20 £$€, la réponse est probablement « oui, vous êtes victime d'une arnaque », et le casino essaie simplement de vous soutirer de l'argent en vous promettant des gains qui n'existent pas : ne le faites pas !

Pourquoi un casino légitime pourrait-il vous demander cela ? Vous demander un PETIT dépôt sur demande permet au casino de suivre le parcours de votre argent et de vérifier que vous êtes bien celui que vous prétendez être et que votre argent lui parvient par des canaux reconnus. Autrement dit, il s'agit d'une procédure KYC (Know Your Customer) et il n'y a aucune raison de s'inquiéter. Mais le mot clé ici est « petit », 10 $-20 € étant la norme. Et cela ne devrait être nécessaire qu'une seule fois, ou au moins une fois de temps en temps.

Pourquoi un casino frauduleux, frauduleux ou carrément malhonnête pourrait-il vous demander de faire cela ? Soit le casino vous demande de financer vos propres gains (vous payez vous-même votre retrait), soit il essaie simplement de vous voler votre argent avant de vous refuser l'accès à votre compte et/ou aux gains que vous êtes censé avoir accumulés. Dans le cadre de notre travail d'arbitrage des joueurs (PAB), nous avons observé les deux scénarios, mais fin 2024 et début 2025, il s'agissait plutôt de faux agissements visant à voler les dépôts des joueurs.

Consultez ici une discussion sur ce sujet : « Faire un dépôt » pour retirer des gains est-il anormal ? » - Forum Casinomeister

ATTENTION : si un casino vous demande un dépôt supérieur à 10 £ $ € pour débloquer vos gains, arrêtez-vous immédiatement et renseignez-vous sur ce casino. Il se pourrait bien qu'il tente de vous voler. Les casinos légitimes n'exigent pas de dépôts importants après vérification : vous demander des dépôts PLUS IMPORTANTS (50 £ $ € ou plus) est extrêmement suspect et vous risquez d'être victime d'une arnaque.

Si cela vous arrive ou vous est arrivé, veuillez poster ici pour nommer le casino : cela alertera les autres joueurs et aidera à mettre un terme à cette activité de casino malveillante.

Salutations,

Max Drayman
Chef d'équipe des plaintes et de l'arbitrage des joueurs (PAB)

Salut
I want to report
Rollwex.com

With the fakes ads of mr beast sponsorship

 

[jjdccdsrd]

That site looks exactly like the bitspin.us site. They are asking for $100 deposit to verify. I thought that kinda weird so I started my research and when you Google them, bitspin is reviewed as a legit casino and a good one, but I kept digging and turns out they mean bitspinwin, bitspin.co, or bitspin365, not bitspin.us. When I saw the post on this site about the saddle casino, it was same exact layout and then I knew it was fake. I had even spoke to their support asking why such a high deposit and she gave me a long explanation about going through a third party and blah blah lies. I'm glad I came across this post and didn't go off Google saying bitspin was a good casino. Thank you for having this site.

 

[Deanna]

I have to say, I'm honestly a little shocked at how many people believe these sites and will actually deposit money to collect their winnings.

 

[maxd]

Yup, it’s like a virus going around. WAY too many victims of this scam recently, in fact that’s primarily what prompted us to write this: Avoiding Scam Casinos - Casinomeister Forum .

- Max

 

[paul7388]

It's no wonder so many casinos like this operate when it's pretty clear that people have just not got the sense not to send them money.

Lol these casinos could.make loads more by the looks of it by selling these customers email addresses as if they are willing to pay thousands to try and get a withdrawal who knows how much they would send to unlock the millions left to them from some Nigerian prince.

 

[Austino]

Yep, same scam. Just ignore them

Am facing same issue with one PLAMCAS.COM claiming to be licensed under the CURACAO gaming authority. I got a welcome bonus of $2000. I've accumulated over $5870043. They're now asking me to verify my account by depositing $100 before I can withdraw my winnings. Isn't that a SCAM ?

 

[dunover]

Am facing same issue with one PLAMCAS.COM claiming to be licensed under the CURACAO gaming authority. I got a welcome bonus of $2000. I've accumulated over $5870043. They're now asking me to verify my account by depositing $100 before I can withdraw my winnings. Isn't that a SCAM ?

What do you think? A random casino gives you a free 2k chip, you take it up to 5m and wahey! I'm an overnight millionaire for $100 lol....

Of course it's a scam! Don't pay a cent to them.

 

[Deanna]

Am facing same issue with one PLAMCAS.COM claiming to be licensed under the CURACAO gaming authority. I got a welcome bonus of $2000. I've accumulated over $5870043. They're now asking me to verify my account by depositing $100 before I can withdraw my winnings. Isn't that a SCAM ?

I honestly am flabbergasted that you have to ask. A free 2k chip? First red flag. Winning over 58k, doesn’t even sound like there was a play thru. Second red flag. Now they want your money in order to give you your winnings? Hello in there. Come on.

I know one thing for sure, if you ever do play at a legitimate casino you’re gonna be sorely disappointed at the amount you actually win and actually lose while you’re playing.. And you’ll realize a $10 free chip comes with a bazillion dollars of play thru. If you get that far the most they’ll probably let you have is $50.

 

[chockey]

Guys, what about casinoshunt.com?
Anyone of you heard of them?

 

[mulven]

Guys, what about casinoshunt.com?
Anyone of you heard of them?

For anyone checking this thread. If it has the blue square with white triangle logos it's the same copy and paste scam site as the rest of these.

 

[maxd]

For example:

- Max

 

[TheAddict]

Pretty fitting logo. Looks like a bellend.